U.S. businesses ramped up hiring across the board in November, putting 2014 on pace to be the best year for job growth since 1999.

Nonfarm employers added a seasonally adjusted 321,000 jobs in November, the most in one month since January 2012, the Labor Department said Friday. Payroll gains in October and September were revised higher as well. The unemployment rate stood at 5.8%, unchanged from October but down from 7% in November 2013.